GIFT   OF 


INI'IIIM'W 
' A'N  ' 


THE  WORD 


Copyright,  1917 

By  GEORGE  D.  DOBLE 

(All  Rights  Reserved) 


SAWTELLE,  CALIFORNIA 


The  writer  is  a  soldier  with  ten  years'  service  in 
the  United  States  army  including  three  years  war- 
service  in  the  Philippine  Islands. 


^Dedication 


With  malice  toward  none,  with  charity  for  all. — 
Abraham  Lincoln. 

We  dare  not  be,  we  would  not  be,  sectarian  or 
national  in  our  ministry,  if  we  have  received  of  the 
word  of  Life.  Broad  as  the  plains,  boundless  as  the 
oceans,  illimitable  as  space,  is  the  benevolence  of  the 
great  I  am,  the  Father  of  us  all.  Who  are  the  bless- 
ings of  God  for?  We  were  taught  by  the  Spirit  after 
tliis  manner: 

We  were  passing,  in  vision,  an  house  of  God 
when  there  came  forth  down  the  steps  to  the  side- 
walk, two  priests.  Such  a  picture  of  antiquity,  we 
think,  was  never  conceived  by  man.  Their  faces  were 
brown  as  old  parchment,  and  their  robes  ancient  as 
the  "Ancient  of  Days."  The  much  elder,  larger,  and 
more  intelligent,  Priest  immediately  threw  the  end  of 
his  robe  over  the  shoulder  of  the  boy  with  the  vision 
and  both  priests  followed  him. 

The  meaning,  as  shown  us  thru  God's  infinite  love, 
places  the  vision  on  the  hinges  of  eternity.  The  elder, 
wiser,  and  greater  priest  was  Malchisedec  "without 
beginning  of  j^ears  or  end  of  days;"  to  whom  Abra- 
ham, of  the  promises,  "returning  from  the  slaughter 
of  the  kings,"  gave  tithes.  Thus  acknowledging  him, 
as  St.  Paul  avers,  greater  than  himself.  But  Abraham 
tho  perceiving,  thru  the  vision  of  the  angel,  that  the 
race  of  Adam  was  a  one-sided  and  inferior  creation, 
made  oath  that  he  would  reproduce  that  type  of 
Being  on  the  earth.  Hence  Jesus  Christ  an  "High- 
Priest  forever  after  the  order  of  Malchisedec." 
Whose  mother,  also,  had  so  far  realized  perfection  in 
herself  as  to  need  no  aid  from  man. 

The  younger  and  less  intelligent  priest  symbolized 
the  comparatively  poor  temple,  or  priest  of  God,  that 


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2  DEDICATION 

was  produced  when  the  molecule  of  Life  was  divided 
into  male  and  female,  instead  of  one  perfect  being. 
That  the  older  idea  threw  his  mantle  over  the  young: 
man  and  followed  him  shows  that  the  orignial  idea 
of  God  is  immediately  applicable  to  our  present  con- 
dition. That  the  younger  priest  can  serve  is  evident 
by  his  following. 

The  first  chapter  of  Genesis  tells  about  the  creation 
of  man,  male  and  female,  in  the  image  arid  likeness  of 
God,  with  dominion  over  all  the  earth.  It  states  that 
creation  was  completed  and  blessed  of  God.  Not  until 
later  and  in  another  chapter  are  Adam  and  Eve  in- 
troduced, with  all  the  sad  story  of  sin  and  death. 

* '  The  proof  of  the  pudding  is  the  eating. ' '  Try  thu 
method.  After  dedicating  your  life  to  God,  in  Christ, 
then  recognize  yourself  as  two  perfect  beings  in  one. 
And  feel  the  new  powers  awaken  in  you  spiritually, 
mentally,  and  physically  from  head  to  foot.  Then, 
unless  experiences  differ,  you  will  exclaim :  Eureka, 
I  have  found  my  sweetheart  that  is  true  to  me  as  the 
everlasting  sun.  This  development  does  not  make 
you  self-centered  and  selfish,  but  you  feel  love  and 
charity  for  even  those  whom  before  you  despised. 

Therefore  our  dedication  is  to  the  everlasting  prin- 
ciples and  laws  of  Life ;  and  to  every  nation,  tribe, 
kindred,  tongue  and  people. 


Here  I  stand,  I  can  do  no  other,  so  help  me  God.— 
Martin  Luther. 

In  1898,  the  author,  a  lad  back  in  Maine,  was  one 
Sunday  on  his  way  from  a  Y.  M.  C.  A.  meeting  when 
he  burst  forth  as  by  inspiration :  Oh  God,  I  want  to 
go  to  the  Philippine  Islands  and  suffer,  not  for  my 
own  sins,  but  for  Christ's  sake. 

June  22nd,  '99,  he  was  on  his  way  there,  not  in  the 
garb  and  with  the  comparative  ease  of  a  missionary, 
but  as  a  soldier,  to  serve  his  country.  Nov.  14th  he 
was  shot  in  the  abdomen  and  thigh,  while  scouting 
in  the  rugged  mountains  of  tropical  Panay.  He  was 
saved  in  that  predicament  thru  the  self-sacrifice  and 
heroism  of  First  Sergeant  Robert  Donaldson  with 
three  men  of  the  command,  Co.  19,  U.  S.  Inf  'ry,  and 
the  rear  guard  of  eight  men  under  Corp'l  Dan'l  0 
Leary — an  invincible  dozen,  under  God,  between  him 
and  annihilation.  Tho  the  mountains  rose  perpen- 
dicular in  front  of  the  little  band,  and  savages 
swarmed  around  them  behind,  the  will  of  God  was 
operative  to  save.  Thus  in  the  fires  of  hell,  comrades, 
Christ  wrote  "on  his  thigh"  with  hot  lead  the 
"name"  of  his  spiritual  General  to  be. 

In  February,  1900,  while  in  the  Brigade  Hospital, 
he  had  a  vision  which  showed  him  the  goal  of  his 
life  and  involved  things  of  universal  import.  It 
taught  him  that  perfect  harmony  and  immortality 
were  to  be  experienced  here  on  earth.  He  saw  him- 
self back  with  the  regiment,  and  under  fire  again, 
instead  of  being  sent  home  as  was  supposed.  He  told 
one  of  his  comrades  that  he  was  to  come  back  to  the 
Islands  again  sometime  and  then  something  wonder- 
ful was  going  to  happen.  To  him  it  was  to  be  the 
end  of  mortality  and  the  loosing  and  coming  forth 
of  the  spiritual  man. 


4  INTRODUCTORY 

After  three  years'  service  he  returned  to  the  Unit- 
ed States.  During  that  time  he  also  had  two  other 
master-visions,  which  have  been  the  guidance,  inspir- 
ation, and  back-bone  of  his  life  ever  since.  Among 
other  things,  he  was  shown  that  when  the  Christ-man 
came  he  would  begin  to  write.  He  saw  the  writings 
grow  and  grow,  in  the  hands  of  the  spiritual-man, 
till  they  became  a  mighty  balloon  that  supported 
him  perfectly  on  the  waters  and  carried  him  above 
earth. 

In  February,  1914,  he  was  again  en  route  for  Man- 
ila. Without  premeditation  on  his  part  he  was  ab- 
solutely forced  to  go.  Still,  he  went  intelligently, 
knowing  by  the  visions  of  fourteen  years  before  that 
it  was  to  be  the  unveiling  of  the  Messiah.  During  the 
few  months  he  was  there  the  star  of  Bethlehem  came 
in  conjunction  with  the  moon.  Another  party  and 
he  viewed  the  beautiful,  and  to  him,  portentious  phe- 
nomena together.  The  star  in  conjunction  with  the 
upper  apex  of  the  crescent  moon.  Then  the  Spirit 
taught  him  things  of  which  he  had  never  received  a 
hint  on  earth.  They  had  been  included  in  the  three 
visions  but  the  meaning  had  been  sealed  till  then. 

The  Spirit  told  him  as  soon  as  he  had  "finished 
eating"  he  "would  be  ready  to  go  back  to  the  United 
States."  So  complete  was  his  faith  that  he  was  deal- 
ing with  the  Almighty  and  knew  His  voice  that  when 
the  Spirit  told  him  in  symbolic  language  to  bind  his 
arms  and  his  legs,  in  a  manner  that  to  his  sense  and 
belief  was  death,  and  jump  in  the  ocean,  off  the  steep 
ledge  of  the  island,  he  did  so.  After  so  binding  him- 
self and  thanking  God  for  His  wonderful  providence 
and  loving  care,  in  the  darkness  of  evening,  without 
any  fear  he  entrusted  his  body  and  soul  to  the  bosom 
of  the  ocean  and  the  arms  of  God.  Only  to  find  the 
saving  power  supreme  there  as  on  the  battlefield. 

On  arriving  in  San  Francisco  he  was  informed  that 
Venus  had,  also,  made  conjunction,  with  the  lower 
part  of  the  moon.  So  comrades,  his  message  is  that 
God  has  now  established  immortal  life  on  the  earth, 


INTRODUCTORY  5 

Which  never  was  possible  before  on  the  planet.  In 
the  heavens  it  included  the  proper  planetary  action. 
The  united  immaculate  vibrations  of  female  Venus 
and  Bethlehem  the  groom.  Humanly  assimulated 
involves,  in  this  Age,  incarnate  perfected  Christ- 
Being,  male  and  female,  thru  Jesus  Christ  the  spirit- 
ual Head  of  the  Planet.  The  uniting  and  blending 
of  Avhose  forces  and  vibrations  gives  to  earth  the 
God-head,  capable  of  imparting  to  the  Chosen,  those 
"who  have  washed  their  robes"  thru  true  fidelity  to 
God,  the  everlasting  Life  that  God  promised  in  the 
foundation  of  the  world. 

The  Bible  states  of  the  ancient  worthies :  These  all 
died  in  faith,  not  having  received  (realized)  the 
promises.  Heb.  11:13.  "No  man  liveth  unto  himself," 
and  likewise  every  star  has  its  office.  Christ  was  born 
under  the  star  of  Bethlehem.  When  it  was  in  its  per- 
fect orbit  of  influence,  or  when  the  hour  had  struck 
in  God's  great  chronology  of  the  Universe,  Jesus  ap- 
peared. The  wise  men  then  sought  their  King  and 
found  him.  "Where  is  he  that  is  born  King  of  the 
Jews  ?  for  we  have  seen  his  star  in  the  east  and  have 
come  to  worship  him.  Matt.  2  :2.  , 

"Wonders  in  the  heaven  above,  and  signs  on  the 
earth  beneath;  blood  and  fire  and  vapor  of  smoke." 
Acts  2  :19.  With  the  appearing  of  the  star  the  con- 
flagration of  wars  broke  out  in  Europe.  In  the  States 
he  soon  found  representatives  of  the  Nations,  with 
the  fruits  of  their  countries  and  Flags,  gathered  at 
the  point  of  earth's  dominant  vibration  celebrating 
the  union  of  the  two  great  oceans;  and  the  comple- 
tion of  the  greatest  engineering  project  of  all  time. 
"The  kings  of  the  earth  do  bring  their  honor  and 
glory  into  it."  Rev.  2:12. 

On  earth  thou  must  thy  God  obey, 
Whether  you  will  or  whether  nay. 

And  many  other  things  corroborating  the  Holy 
Scriptures  and  showing  that  God's  mighty  work  and 


6  INTRODUCTORY 

plan  was  in  infinite  operation,  to  be  read  by  seeing 
eyes  in  the  stellar  spaces  and  the  infinitesimal  of  our 
human  life  and  progress.  And  it  shall  comes  to  pass  in 
the  last  days,  saith  God,  I  will  pour  out  my  Spirit  up- 
on all  flesh.  Acts  2  :17.  Joel  2  :28  and  30.  The  year,  here 
in  California,  had  been  called  the  "Festival  year" 
and  so  celebrated.  Los  Angeles  chose  the  Lily  as  the 
symbolic  flower  of  the  year.  The  good  people  ate 
their  "Lord's  breakfast,"  as  of  old  before  daylight, 
Avith  fruits  of  the  sea  and  earth:  "Salmon  day," 
"Orange  day,"  etc.  Our  Vice  President,  officially 
representing  the  President,  ate  ripe  olives  with  us 
"Olive  day."  He  declared:  "Your  State  should  be 
called  the  Diamond  State,  it  has  so  many  points  of 
interest.  "I  do  not  see  how  anyone  can  view  this  won- 
derful country  and  think  that  things  just  happened." 

We  agree  most  heartily  with  our  illustrious  Exec- 
utive. May  it  be  called  the  "Diamond"  State,  sym- 
bolizing that  we  are  wedded  to  God's  vast  Idea  with 
all  its  glory  and  grandeur.  Also  the  geometrical  dia- 
mond symbolic  of  the  perfect  unity  and  harmony  of 
the  male  and  female  principles,  triangles,  in  divine 
Love. 

While  this  Message  was  being  written  in  verse,  in 
April  1915,  Simon  Fox,  President  of  B'nai  B'rith, 
the  international  society  of  Jews,  visited  the  Coast. 
He  declared,  in  an  interview  with  reporters,  "We 
Jews  look  upon  America  as  the  new  Jerusalem  of  the 
Jews."  Many  Pulpits  sermonized  on  "the  second 
coming  of  Christ."  Hints  of  a  new  Era  were  some- 
times seen  in  current  literature.  Pastor  Russel  taught 
and  published,  in  his  huge  way,  that  we  were  in  the 
end  of  the  old  Dispensation,  "the  end  of  the  Age." 
But  as  always  "I  (Truth)  come  not  to  send  peace  on 
the  earth  but  a  sword. ' '  Jesus  Christ.  Heavenly  vibra- 
tions stir  human  conditions  to  their  foundations  to 
readjust  them  to  the  line  and  plummet  of  God. 
There's  no  other  way — there's  no  other  way. 

Unfolding  knowledge  is  knowledge  of  God,  who 
is  all.  Every  individual  is  a  part  of  the  universe. 


INTRODUCTORY  7 

The  planet  inclusive  is  a  larger  Being  and  part  of  the 
Solar  Man,  solar  system,  and  so  on  ad  infinitum. 
Therefore  the  eternal  wisdom  and  knowledge  in  the 
teachings  of  Christ  that  we  must  love  one  another, 
and  acknowledge  him  the  Head.  ''There  is  no  other 
name  (way)  under  heaven — whereby  we  must  be 
saved."  Peter.  And  St.  Paul  repeating  the  diapson  of 
heaven  admonished  us  to  love  one  another  fervently 
out  of  a  pure  heart  having  our  hearts  knit  together 
in  perfect  love.  "Know  ye  not  that  ye  are  members 
one  of  another" — Paul. 

We  should  each  inculcate  in  ourselves,  follow,  and 
be  en  rapporte  with  the  God-evolution.  Can  you  read 
and  have  you  taken  with  onen  heart  and  mind  the 
message,  or  vibrations,  of  Bethlehem,  the  Christ 
Flag-ship  beyonr  our  solar-system,  laden  with  love, 
wisdom,  and  Christ-knowledge?  Do  you  know  what 
Venus  includes  and  excludes?  Do  you  know  that 
Jupiter  is  the  greatest  planet,  and  what  in  you  cor- 
responds to  Jupiter?  Did  you  read  in  the  newspaper 
of  the  heavens  in  1916,  leap-year,  that  Venus  and 
Jupiter  were  married? 

"The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  unto  an  household- 
er that  brought  forth  from  his  treasure  things  new 
and  old." — Jesus.  We  read  in  the  Scripture  that 
man  fell  with  the  appearance  of  woman.  Woman 
being  taken  from  man  out  of  his  anatomy  and  being. 
Then  came  dissipation  and  death.  So  the  first  tenet 
of  the  new  and  old  science  of  Life  is  that  man  return 
to  primal  perfection.  Impossible?  No,  we  are  all 
alike  both  male  and  female,  the  error  or  sin,  was  that 
different  individuals  developed,  or  clung  to,  only  a 
phase  of  their  being,  leaving  the  other  powers  to 
atrophy. 

But  these  changes  have  come  thru  epochs  of  time. 
We  are  given  to  understand,  in  the  Scripture,  that 
this  state  of  affairs  is  temporary.  You  will  feel  new 
powers  and  life  awaken  in  you  the  moment  you  rec- 
ognize both  principles  in  yourself.  A  new  and  won- 
derful peace  comes  into  your  life.  If  love  affairs 


8  INTRODUCTORY 

have  proved  a  will-o-the-wisp  and  you  are  at  the 
point  of  distraction  then,  if  you  are  a  man,  fall  in 
love  with  the  Venus  within  you.  She  will  respond 
and  day  by  day  her  beauties  will  come  forth  in  you 
and  her  perfect  love  diffuse  your  being.  If  you 
are  a  woman  then  know  that  you  are  the  very  Christ- 
man  also,  with  all  the  potentialities  and  intellect  of 
manhood  within  yourself.  This  under  the  Christ- 
Ideal  is  your  talisman  until  the  perfect  day,  when  the 
Bible  informs  us  there  is  no  longer  male  and  female. 
In  faith,  hope,  confidence,  and  all-absorbing  love 
for  Christ  Jesus,  his  master,  he  submits  this  little 
work  as  the  milk  of  a  New  Dispensation  trusting  God 
for  meat  as  it  is  needed.  Meat  there  is  now,  but  who 
can  eat  it?  God  has  put  a  new  reel,  of  one  thousand 
years,  on  the  curtains  of  the  heavens  and  all  old  pic- 
tures including  sin,  sickness  and  death  are  obsolete. 
But  we  must  take  our  eyes  from  the  old  to  see  the 
new.  "Ye  are  new  creatures  (a  new  creation)  in 
Christ  Jesus."  "And  I,  John  saw  a  new  heaven  and  a 
new  earth."  Rev.  21:1.  The  writer  makes  no  pre- 
tentious to  literary  knowledge,  much  less  of  poetry, 
but  having  received  a  message,  from  the  Christians 
Generalissimo  and  King  of  the  Jews,  he  communi- 
cates its  to  the  faithful  as  best  he  can. 


Certain  Scriptures  indicate  that  1915  marks  the 
beginning  of  the  New  Era  of  Christ-Kingdom. — Pas- 
tor  Russell. 


STELLAR 


Red  "Salmon  Day,"  sweet  luscious  meat, 

Did  symbolize  St.  Peter's  Seat; 

The  Incarnation  "Orange  Day," 

For  love  is  Inspiration's  way; 

And  "Olive  Day"  the  crowning  fete, 

With  olive  oil  she  bathed  His  feet ; 

At  pentecost  the  World  was  there. 

The  "Second  time;"  this  God  crowned  year. 

Doth  doubt  the  "second  time"  hath  run1? 
Search  close  thy  text,  for  "It  is  done"; 
The  "sea  of  glass"  with  "fire"  mixed, 
And  Bethlehem's  Star  with  orbit  fixed; 
Heavens  and  earth  and  Prophets  tell 
The  man  is  here,  who  conquered  hell ; 
To  rule  the  nations  He  is  come, 
For  'tis  the  Vineyard  of  God's  Son. 

Jerusalem  of  gold  to  be, 

The  sons  of  men  will  build  with  Thee  ; 

No  trouble  now  to  comprehend 

Eternal  joy,  that  shall  not  end, 

Infinite  Love  of  Galilee 

Shall,  in  this  Age,  our  Stateman  be ; 

The  "new  Jerusalem"  his  throne, 

He  searcheth  now  to  lay  the  stone. 

Oh,  what  if  in  our  State  shall  be 
That  City  of  God !  St.  John  did  see ; 
Oh  "Festal  Year!"  we  loud  proclaim, 
For  'tis  the  number  of  His  name  ; 
The  symbols  pour  from,  every  tree, 
Our  land  is  Chosen !  Liberty ! 
Within  our  State  All  Flags  doth  wave 
For  Him,  who  conquered  e'en  the  grave. 


10  STELLAR 

A  "Diamond  State"  is  not  so  dim, 

Vice-Marshall  notes  we  're  wed  to  Him ; 

A  "thousand  years"  the  Bride  shall  reign, 

No  death,  or  tears,  or  sin,  or  pain ; 

The  ' '  kings  of  earth ' '  their  tribute  bring, 

"Glory  and  honor"  nations  sing; 

The  Son  of  Mary  glorified, 

The  Truth  of  God  they  crucified. 


Now  Jew  and  Gentile  meet  in  love, 

For  'tis  our  Father's  will  above; 

The  Ark  has  rode  through  storm  and  strain, 

And  rests  where  Jew  starts  fresh  again ; 

Our  heart  doth  melt  with  tenderness, 

To  see  how  Jew  our  earth  has  blest ; 

We  know  the  way  unto  our  God 

From  Israel's  feet,  by  prophet  shod. 


Incarnate  Love  has  won  the  heart, 
Heaven  and  earth  no  more  apart, 
With  "Jacob's  Ladder"  raised  again, 
"The  early  and  the  latter  rain.': 
When  He  lays  siege  it  sure  will  fall, 
For  with  him  comes  his  soldiers  all ; 
On  a  "white  horse"  He  comes  to  reign, 
And  all  his  saints  shall  live  again. 


THE  WORD 


11 


THE  LANDING  OF  THE  PILGRIMS 

The  current  led  the  Pilgrims  true, 

Across  the  trackless  deep ; 
The  thoughts,  deep-hidden     in     God's 
heart. 

In  loyal  man  doth  leap.        (Page  33) 


' '  There  were  men  with  hoary  hair, 
Amidst  that  pilgrim  band ; — 

Why  had  they  come  to  wither  there, 
Awav  from  their  childhood's  landf 


"Ay,  call  it  holy  ground, 

The  soil  where  first  they  trod ! 
They  have  left  unstain'd     what     there 

they  found : 
Freedom  to  worship  God." 

MRS.  HEMANS. 


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OBELISK 


'Tis  sad,  sad  fact,  that  evil  reigns, 
False  gods  arise  to  take  the  reins, 
Dumb  idols  bleach  the  land  and  sea, 
Where  home  and  love,  heaven,  should  be. 


God's  foot-stool  long  has  turned  to  sin, 
'Tis  sad,  sad,  fact,  this  hellish  din, 
With  bloody  nations  soaked  in  gore, 
While  fiends  in  hell  crv  out  for  more. 


That  railroads  railroad  men  to  hell, 
That  steamboats  steam  them  there  as  well, 
'Tis  sad,  sad,  fact,  that  aircrafts  soar, 
Sulphurous  death  sends  down  to  more. 


That  money's  power  millions  kill 
With  satan's  levers  working  well, 
To  squeeze  from  men  their  very  lard, 
'Tis  sad,  sad,  fact,  and  very  hard. 


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MONROVIA 


'Tis  glad,  glad,  fact ;  that  Christ  has  come, 
To  cast  out  devils,  "deaf  and  dumb;" 
And  put  an  end  to  mindless  strife, 
To  heal  with  love  and  not  with  knife. 


To  live  with  men  for  aye  and  aye; 
'Tis  glad,  glad,  fact;  He's  come  to  stay, 
To  plow  all  plants  He  has  not  sown, 
And  make  this  earth  a  place  of  home. 


And  quivering  legions  downward  go 
To  nothingness,  their  place  below; 
'Tis  glad,  glad,  fact ;  the  hosts  of  God 
Inherit  earth,  under  his  rod. 


Moses,  Daniel  and  Michael  too, 
Armies  of  God  shall  marshal  through, 
"The  Word  of  God"  alone  command; 
'Tis  glad,  glad,  fact;  the  "Promised  Land." 


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ALPHA 


Come  listen  to  Spring,  of  God's  immortal  year, 
The  Star  of  the  Ages  to  shepherds  appear; 
We've  passed  thru  the  night  of  disorder  and  care, 
The  sun's  reached  the  hill-tops,  let  nations  prepare: 
No  children  need  suffer  the  Kingdom's  for  these, 
"The  Beast  and  false  Prophet"  the  "Dragon,"  dis- 
ease, 

Comes  under  the  Judgment,  He  rules  to  condemn, 
The  word  of  his  mouth  is  the  sweetest  to  men. 

Eternal  destruction  we  don't  comprehend, 

We  trow  'tis  the  staging  the  Temple  will  mend ; 

The  creatures  around  us,  that     swell     with  God's 

praise, 

Their  plumage  and  instincts,  their  song  doth  amaze ; 
Observeth  a  rythm.  of  flower  and  leaf. 
Of  planets  and  systems  surpassing  belief ; 
And  blushes  of  sweetness  in  maiden's  pure  face, 
"The  Law  and  the  Gospel,"  for  us,  in  His  grace. 

With  faith  now  undaunted,  to  me  it  is  true, 
The  long  day  of  Promise  to  us  doth  accrue ; 
God's  blessings  are  poured  with  an  opulent  hand, 
On  home  that  we  have,  or  the  sweet  mellow  land  ; 
I  work,  saith  the  Saviour,  and  Father  works  too, 
Nothing  was  created  my  hand  didn't  do; 
He  fashioned  the  grain  and  the  flowers  and  trees 
With  Love,  in  the  rain,  in  the  sunbeam  and  breeze. 

And  searcheth  our  hearts  with  His  infinite  gleam, 
And  measures  our  love  by  the  lives  we  redeem  ; 
Yes,  we  are  His  "branches,"  He  tendeth  with  care, 
"A  sparrow  falls  not,"  not  a  thread  of  our  "hair;" 
The  blood's  rushing  torrent,  that  stays  to  its  course, 
Was  planned  by  our  Father,  and  not  by  blind  force ; 
Oh  Love,  we  salute  thee,  our  Mother  and  All, 
We  see  Thee  in  nature,  we  come  at  thy  call. 


16  THE  WORD 

We  hope  to  the  measure  of  level  and  plumb, 
Thy  love  within  us  to  full  measure  may  come ; 
We  're  one  in  Thy  plan,  we  are  one,  in  Thy  will, 
Oh  self,  blow  thy  ashes,  He  saith,  "Peace  be  still." 
The  jarring  and  grinding,  our  open  revolt, 
The  death  and  the  sorrow,  is  all  our  own  fault ; 
The  Spirit  dies  not,  and  the  worm  liveth  yet, 
The  scorching  continues  because  we  forget. 


We  look  then  to  Spirit  for  Spirit  remains, 

We  look  then  to  nature  whose  forces  He  trains, 

He  gave  man  dominion  o'er  all  that  He  made, 

His  heaven  within  us  no  mortal  can  raid; 

For  God,,  saith  the  scripture  is  All  and  in  all, 

No  planet  too  great,  not  a  detail  too  small, 

To  miss  the  sure  measure  of  accurate  Plan ; 

Love  swells  Her  full  bosom,  Her  sweet-heart  is  man. 


Oh,  that  the  blurred  senses  of  poor  fallen  man, 
Might  see  the  great  promise,  Her  sweet  cherished 

Plan; 

Our  house  She 's  provisioned  for  aeons  to  come, 
Each  child  has  blue-blood,  with  the  Spirit's  "well- 
done;" 

The  Pharos  of  old,  or  great  women  as  yet, 
Are  children  compared  to  the  sons  She  '11  beget ; 
The  Stars  of  the  Christ  are  the  opening  plan 
This  earth  to  renew,  the  Great  City  to  span. 


All  roads  led  to  Rome,  in  that  sword-ridden  time, 

Jerusalem  new  now  is  City  sublime ; 

Love,  joy,  peace  and  bliss,  golden  sun  Angel  kissed, 

The  Site  and  the  City  no  detail  was  missed 

When  God  made  the  world ;  and  the  oceans  to  meet, 

The  time ;  and  the  place  for  Jehovah 's  great  seat ; 

All  things  to  the  tick  in  His  "thousand  years"  clock; 

Ah  friends !  learn  the  tongue  of  His  symbolic  talk. 


ALPHA  17 

Oh,  great  are  the  signs  and  the  title  is  clear, 

God  starts  the  Christ-kingdom,  this  wonderful  year; 

"Everlasting  gospel"  on  earth  shall  be  read, 

Clean  Venus  gets  blessings  from  Bethlehem's  Head 

The  Oceans  to  meet.    And  the  World  to  he  here, 

Bears  witness  to  sages  their  Lord  doth  appear ; 

Pacific,  Atlantic  now  meet  in  the  main, 

And  God  makes  a  highway  to  earth  once  again. 


On  ocean  supreme  by  His  word  fish  brought  gold, 
On  land  His  dominion  as  Moses  foretold ; 
"The  lilies  of-field,"  quoth  the  Saviour,  how  grand, 
"The  birds  lay  not  up,"  but  are  fed  by  God's  hand ; 
And  sepulchre's  doom  is  not  sealed  to  Christ-power, 
But  now  there 's  no  death  to  the  true  of  this  hour ; 
Sweet-hearts  keep  up  courage  tho  tempests  may  rage, 
The  Glory  of  God  is  assured  to  this  age. 


18 


"  'THE  GREAT  SPIRIT,'  HE  SAID."  .(Pajro  34} 


19 

SAGAMORE 


Oh,  cheerless  the  day,  no  warmth  on  the  hearth, 

No  warmth  in  the  heart,  cold  gloom  o'er  the  earth; 

Oh,  why  do  we  pine  a  rayless  long  night, 

Her  son's  gone  to  war,  John  Bull  in  the  fight. 

In  light  of  good  reason,  strength's  sapped  in  vain, 

Her  daughters  are  sad,  her  flower  is  slain ; 

The  ploughs  beat  to  swords,  her  blood  spent  in  tears, 

The  fences  are  broke  the  saving  of  years. 

In  vain  is  man 's  grasp  to  rule  by  his  will, 
He  rolls  a  stone  up,  it  rolls  down  the  hill ; 
The  nations  laid  plans,  an  Empire  of  strength, 
No  one  more  mighty  thought  each  one  at  length ; 
But  fickle  the  strength  salt-peter  doth  give, 
A  hell  on  the  earth  where  no  man  may  live ; 
Love  hides  her  warm  face  and  virtue  turns  back, 
Heaven  takes  mourning  and  earth  turneth  black. 

No  ONE  may  be  blamed  for  havoc  of  life ; 

That  France  leaves  the  field  to  take  up  the  strife, 

That  Hungary's  daughters  weep  for  the  slain, 

And  Poland  in  ashes  mourneth  again ; 

The  Czar  and  the  Emperors  rule  dead  homes, 

The  buzzard  and  jackall  knawing  their  bones. 

My  God!  put  an  end  to  errors  mad  rule, 

Thy  angels  descend  and  trouble  the  pool. 

Oh.  who  may  fathom  the  depth  of  despair : 

The  insects  of  earth,  the  fowls  of  the  air, 

The  hoot-owl's  long  watch,  thru  cold  gloomy  night, 

Their  tales  of  sadness,  the  pain  of  the  fight ; 

The  waste  and  the  loss,  God  said,  should  not  be, 

The  Saviour  of  men  they  nailed  to  a  tree ; 

The  word  of  the  Lord,  say  pigmies  of  sight, 

Not  so,  saith  the  sage,  'tis  darkness  not  light. 


20  THE  WORD 

Tis  true  that.  Wisdom  can  read  to  the  dip 
The  awful  results,  of  Prodigal's  slip  ; 
The  Father  drove  not  the  son  from  his  door, 
With  love  beyond  words  He  welcomes  him  more ; 
"The  best  robe"  doth  wait  as  well  as  the  "ring, 
And  God  says  "my  son"  the  son  of  the  King. 
The  son  now  has  ate  "the  husks"  with  the  hog, 
His  heart  yearns  for  home,  no  more  of  the  dog. 


"With  harlots"  I've  "wasted  —  substance"  and 

brain ; 

My  Lord  and  my  God  I  come  home  again ; 
His  pantry  was  full,  I  lacked  not  for  bread ; 
A  crown,  will  the  Father,  place  on  thy  head, 
With  servants  galore,  in  Mind's  sacred  realm, 
The  earth  to  renew,  with  Love  at  the  helm, 
"A  great  distance  oft'"  the  Spirit  beholds 
The  son  coming  home,  to  Jesus'  pure  folds. 


For  "when  he'd  spent  all  —  a  —  famine"  did  rage, 
The  famine  to  come  ' '  the  end  of  the  Age ; ' ' 
His  senses  did  wake  as  bowels  did  quake, 
And  eyes  saw  clearly  the  earth  God  doth  make ; 
Yes,  Adam  must  rouse  from  hypnotic  dream, 
And  row  for  the  shore,  not  float  down  the  stream 
In  Abraham's  breast  the  "beggar"  finds  rest, 
"Five  brothers  at  home"  don't  care  for  the  test. 


And  what  shall  we  say  of  sickness  and  death? 
And  why  doth  give  out  the  immortal  breath? 
"The  work  of  a  foe,"  the  sting  of  a  sin, 
That  shall  be  wiped  out,  as  home  we  begin; 
'Tis  law,  says  the  wise,  all  rots  in  the  grave, 
From  leaf  to  planet  no  help  for  to  save ; 
'Tis  foolish  with  God  "the  wisdom  of  man," 
The  law  to  renew  doth  lay  in  His  hand. 


SAGAMORE  21 

The  patriarchs  old  did  live  to  great  age, 

With  no  special  gift  but  innocent's  wage; 

When  Spirit,  through  knowledge,  quickens  the  pulse, 

"The  flesh  profits  not,"  God  gives  the  results; 

The  earth  shall  be  heaven,  Father  with  Son, 

When  Love  rules  the  world,  the  work's  just  begun; 

Angels  of  children,  great  mountains  of  faith, 

With  hearts  all  attuned  to  hear  what  He  saith. 


Spirit  of  Abram  hath  immortal  seed ; 

Our  fathers  ate  manna  made  from,  the  weed ; 

Waters,  said  Jesus,  that  I  freely  give 

Doth  quench  the  thirsty,  forever  they  live ; 

11  The  last  foe  to  yield,"  yes  "death"  has  its  blow, 

The  Spirit  of  Christ  incarnate  below ; 

"Oh  death  where-thy  sting"  arid  graves  victory, 

From  bonds  of  the  dead  Lord  Christ  setteth  free. 


22 


THE  WORD 


AN  ATTIC  WARD  IN    SOLDIERS    HOME 

This  word  was  written  in  the  attic  of  a  barracks  at  the  Soldiers  Home. 
There  are  forty-seven  beds  in  the  ward.  The  patience,  cheerfulness,  kindness 
and  manhood,  of  the  veterans  of  the  Civil-War  is  a  source  of  constant  wonder 
and  admiration  to  the  writer.  They  were  the  bulwarks  of  a  mighty  and 
grand  generation. 


23 

SACCHARIN 


"Many  are  called  but  few — chosen," 
A  nation  raked  for  the  Dozen, 
The  mean,  the  false,  the  selfish  crew,  . 
For  Master's  work  will  never  do; 
Most  men  are  shadows  stony  soil, 
For  them  no  use  the  Master's  toil; 
But  Christ,  the  chaff  will  surely  burn : 
The  wheat  will  grow  and  fill  the  urn. 

The  leper  cleansed  who  knew  his  fault ; 
The  sinners  close  their  selfish  vault ; 
The  meek  of  earth  He  don't  despise, 
The  word  of  God  will  ope'  their  eyes; 
He  grants  the  fullness  of  his  grace 
For  those  who  long  to  see  Truth's  face ; 
That  good  may  be  where  evil  lays, 
And  virtue  have  a  chance  to  praise. 

The  sheep  are  called  who  know  His  voice, 
And  follow  "Me"  they  have  no  choice; 
Their  will  is  God's  and  no  other, 
Their  souls  reach  out,  Love  is  Mother; 
In  vain  I've  searched  to  find  that  set, 
God's  grace  sustain  me  longer  yet, 
For  twenty  years  I  've  sought  a  friend, 
But  faith  doth  grow  unto  the  end. 

'Tis  true  and  living  love  we  hail, 

Altho  its  pace  be  but  a  snail ; 

All  else  as  rubbish  He  will  burn, 

The  righteous  thoughts  shall  have  their  turn 

That  soul  "a  pillar"  He  will  place, 

With  all  the  riches  of  his  grace, 

In  Jesus '  court  to  reign  with  him, 

Through  all  the  ages  ne  'er  to  dim. 


24  THE  AVORD 

Now  is  the  time  to  harvest  home ; 
The     golden  sheaves  together  come ; 
God's  wings  are  stretched  to  hover  them, 
Who  come  to  build  Jerusalem ; 
"The  Word"  the  invitation  sends; 
Bright  message  go  to  Planet's  ends, 
And  call  His  sons  from  every  land; 
To  build  their  lives  in  one  strong  band. 


Of  jewels  bright  and  spotless  gold, 
Christ's  body  is  the  precious  mould; 
One  great  White  Light  the  Son  define, 
In  myriad  hues  his  children  shine ; 
One  wall  of  strength  surround  them  all, 
No  rich,  or  poor,  or  great,  or  small ; 
In  ' '  resurrection  from  the  dead, ' ' 
There  is  one  Body  and  one  Head. 


The  twelve  Apostles  of  the  Lamb 

The  Organs  rule,  of  risen  Man; 

Not  all  alike  twelve  Races  be, 

With  each  a  Gate  in  the  City ; 

Each  Judge  is  chosen  of  the  Lord, 

And  truth  of  God  the  ruling  sword, 

The  Shining  One  of  Israel; 

New  Word  and  Date  this  year  shall  spell. 


Beyond  the  known  of  mortal  man, 

The  Spirit's  voice  thru  St.  John  ran; 

The  Site  and  City  he  did  know, 

From  Golden  Gate  to  Mexico. 

On  "west  three  gates."  One  thousand  more 

Then  add  two  hundred,  length  of  shore ; 

And  square  the  City  like  a  die, 

The  Plan  of  God,  Most  High !  Most  High !  * 

*For  description  of  the  city  read  Revelation  xxi. 


SACCHARIN  25 

"The  length  and-breadth  and-height"  agree, 

The  concept  spells  Eternity ; 

The  leader  a  "white  horse"  doth  ride,* 

"His  eyes a  flame  of  fire ' '  beside, 

On  "thigh"  is  wrote  and  "vesture"  too, 
The  "King  of  Kings"  'tis  all  come  true, 
His  "vesture"  has  been  "dipped  in  blood," 
"Faithful  and  True"  not  plastic  mud. 


"A  sharp  sword"  goeth  from  "his  mouth" 
"Armies"  of  "heaven"  clean  and  couth 
Will  follow  him,  "The  Word  of  God;" 
In  righteousness  pure  purpose  shod : 
Omnipotence  of  good  proclaim ! 
Eternal  Life  thru  Jesus  name  ! 
The  animal  returned  to  clod ! 
And  they  shall  live  who  image  God ! 

*Revelation  xix. 


26 


THE  WORD 


MAINE  AND  CALIFORNIA,  AND  EVERYBODY  ELSE 


28 

E  PLURIBUS  UNUM 


On  mountain  sides,  and  mountain  tops, 

The  shrines  and  towers  rise, 
To  holy  God  omnipotent; 

Who  reigns  in  earth  and  skies : 
A  city  with  foundations  true, 

As  Abram  sighed  to  see, 
'Tis  ours  to  build,  by  God's  right  hand; 

Of  ages  fruition  be. 

Oh  sacred  theme  and  holy  trust, 

The  waves  of  sin  brought  low, 
The  clouds  of  sense  all  cleared  away, 

And  God  is  loved  below ; 
Flashes  of  Glory!  blinding  John, 

Two  thousand  years  away ; 
Messiah  come  to  dwell  with  men, 

The  Spirit  sings  the  lay. 

The  children  taught  in  Wisdom  schools, 

Where  Love  is  crowned  the  King ; 
They  roam  and  play  and  grow  all  day; 

True  joy  to  earth  they  bring ; 
Foundation  of  eternal  life, 

No  other  thought  is  known ; 
No  sepulchre  for  Spirit-born, 

Let  Moses,  smite  the  stone. 

The  maidens  with  their  tambourines 

With  Grace  all  hearts  inspire; 
The  young  men  dance  around  the  fair, 

Soul's  rythm  doth  aspire; 
The  joy's  so  great  and  God's  so  good 

They  have  no  time  to  sleep ; 
In  visions  thus  the  old  grow  young, 

With  strength  the  aged  leap. 


THE  WORD  29 

In  Nature 's  school  of  vale  and  stream, 

And  woods  and  hill  and  mount, 
The  lessons  learned  are  infinite ; 

The  years  they  do  not  count; 
On  Father's  knee,  and  Mother's  breast, 

The  sons  of  God  will  rest; 
The  all  is  one  and  One  is  all, 

The  reason  to  be  blessed. 


And  Jesus  heart  is  free  to  all, 

Where  St.  John  lay  his  head ; 
A  thousand  years  has  slipped  away. 

Before  we've  gone  to  bed. 
Let  angel-chorus  now  draw  nigh, 

And  strong  their  million  harps; 
Radiance  of  Celestial  day 

Doth  dawn,  and  fill  all  hearts. 


Still  sex  will  play  her  sacred  part, 

In  fount  and  stream  and  bay; 
In  the  abode  of  chastened  love, 

New  stars  are  born  to  stay ; 
We  do  not  mother  Nature  smite, 

And  say  her  ways  are  mad ; 
On  sex  forever  we  are  based, 

In  sex  the  heart  is  glad. 


The  Spirit  now  knows  all  that's  true, 

And  all  that  can  be  learnt  ; 
In  league  with  Him  all  learnings  dim : 

Let  ignorance  be  burnt. 
Great  Edison  has  shown  the  path, 

Where  all  is  light  and  day ; 
But  greater  things  are  yet  to  be, 

The  Word  contains  the  ray. 


30  E  PLURIBUS  UNUM 

Light !  Light !  hand-maid  of  Jesns  Christ. 

As  toys  are  lights  in  glass, 
Illumined  minds  and  souls  redeemed, 

Empyreal  sky  electrons  mass. 
John  saw  the  day  of  glass,  and  more, 

In  God,  the  Ages  lore ; 
And  Satan's  kingdom  fade  as  night, 

From  Christ,  the  open  door. 


Behold  it  shineth  Light  of  God ! 

His  throne  no  dark  annoys ; 
The  cover  lifts,  the  chaldron  boils 

Pure  gold,  and  no  alloys. 
And  telegraph  doth  rusty  lay, 

One  Mind  is  infinite, 
The  Body  all  connected  up, 

A  flash  and  all  is  lit. 


The  children  born  of  mated  life, 

Electric  bodies  pure ; 
"New  heavens  and  new  earth,"  it  reads, 

As  Jesus  told  the  Cure; 
The  Kevelator  saw  the  Cause, 

Effects  must  truly  flow ; 
And  none  may  stand  the  dazzling  Li«rht. 

Lest  cleansed  by  Him,  we  know. 


From  Evil's  puny  grasp,  the  rule 

Doth  slip,  with  magic  bound ; 
What  Esau  lost  he  did  not  own, 

His  birthright  was  not  found ; 
The  peoples  choice  uncramped  by  fear, 

Or  dwarfed  by  teachings  stale, 
One  Universal  Brotherhood; 

The  truth  of  Life  prevail. 


THE  WORD  31 

Of  One  the  blood  of  all  is  made, 

We  see  the  open  scroll ; 
And  holy  love,  in  Jesus  Christ, 

Doth  constitute  the  soul ; 
The  Organs,  of  our  world- wide  Man, 

Are  different  'tis  plain ; 
God's  Ideas  all  their  place  to  fill, 

Without  which  all  is  vain. 


Again  the  scroll  of  God  we  take, 

And  scan  the  blue-prints  close; 
We've  seen  the  diff'rent  Organs  rule, 

Developed  we  suppose ; 
Till  now  in  Universal  Man, 

The  Solar  Plexus  well  defined, 
Jerusalem,  in  Love  shall  rule ; 

The  Christ  of  God  the  Mind. 


The  wise-men  now  their  camels  head 

The  throne  of  Christ  to  raise; 
The  pains  of  birth  are  over  now, 

In  cradle  Wisdom  lays ; 
It  is  all  written  in  God's  book, 

'Twere  vain  to  stem  the  tide ; 
"Glory  of— earth"  "Good  will  to  men," 

When  Saviour  Christ  doth  ride. 

GEO.  DOBLP:. 


32 


THE  WORD 


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33 

EUREKA 


God's  wrath  on  ancient  Ninevah 

Is  thru  the  centuries ; 
The  cleansing  of  His  foot-stool  is, 

Till  with  the  Truth  agrees; 
Great  Babylon  to  ashes  went : 

Less  morals  had  than  gold: 
Jerusalem  was  swept  away, 

When  Christ  for  silver  sold. 


While  Egypt,  Rome  and  Athens,  too, 

Were  wanting,  found,  when  weighed; 
Their  scepter  broke  and  prestige  razed: 

The  Kingdom's  not  in  raid: 
Some  mighty  lads  in  Europe  grew, 

Each  dominating  Race, 
In  selfish  lust,  all  scruples  lost ; 

To  fall  at  mad'ning  pace. 

On  west  the  circling  power  ran, 

To  place  the  proper  reins; 
Where  man  his  Maker  worships  right, 

Atonement  well  contains. 
There's  no  respect  of  race,  or  blood, 

God  seeks  a  willing  mind; 
The  rod's  to  him  who  wields  it  best, 

To  righteousness  aligned. 

But  rule  of  Race,  or  Church,  or  creed, 

No  more  to  earth  is  known  : 
God  draws  a  nation  Spirit-made, 

Who  to  His  will  has  grown. 
The  current  led  the  Pilgrims  true, 

Across  the  trackless  deep  * 
The  thoughts  deep  hidden  in  God's  heart, 

In  loyal  man  doth  leap. 


34  THE  WORD 

Thru  forests,  sands,  and  trailless  wastes, 

The  Angel  led  the  way; 
A  "cloud  by  day"  and  "fire  by  night;" 

The  Ark  in  safety  lay : 
The  angel  there  put  down  the  stakes, 

The  journey  ended  then; 
He  'd  staked  the  Holy  City  out, 

Of  gold  to  be.    Amen. 


"When  Christ  shall  come;  he  whispered  low, 

"To  take  his  proper  place, 
The  nations  then  will  know  God's  will; 

Full  bloom  to  every  Race ; 
Said  he,  "be  brave  my  gallant  men, 

There's  many  stones  to  hew; 
And  wait  for  him,  the  Architect, 

Your  spirits  to  imbue.' 


"Creation  ever  was  misused, 

Till  Jesus  Christ  the  Son; 
No  city  ever  measured  up, 

But  now  God  buildeth  one ; 
And  all  the  good  and  great  in  Christ, 

Who've  ever  ever  been; 
Immaculate  His  great  design ; 

Forever  here  again. 


"And  even  now  they're  coming  back, 

The  spirits  seen  as  men ; 
'The  resurrection  of  the  dead,' 

Incarnate  souls  again; 
Some  day,  when  eyes  are  cleared  by  Light, 

Your  loved  ones  you'll  behold; 
And  all  the  great  Apostles,  too, 
*  Build  this  city  of  gold.' 


EUREKA  35 

Pacific  lay  the  ocean  waves, 

To  angel  as  a  pup ; 
And  tranquil  purred  each  babbling  stream. 

Of  heaven  they  would  sup ; 
Old  Baldy  donned  his  collar  white, 

Respect  was  in  its  head ; 
The  Indian  brave  his  bosom  smote, 

"The  Great  Spirit,"  he  said. 


The  angel  noted  many  a  fact, 

His  soul  was  in  his  word ; 
His  eyes  proclaimed  the  victory, 

The  soldier  of  our  Lord. 
Said  he:  Old  Satan's    strong  on  earth, 

And  none  but  Christ  can  win ; 
The  lives  he  lived  and  deaths  he  died, 

And  Glory  entered  in.' 


"As  Abraham  and  further  back, 

He  gained  the  summit  steep ; 
It  was  God's  providence  of  coarse. 

This  man  in  whale  should  sleep ; 
It  was  thru  awful  sacrifice, 

As  Calvary  did  see, 
That  God's  omnipotence  did  learn; 

In  death  on  land  and  sea.' 


"The  Christ  alone  has  conquered  death, 

In  cell  and  bone  and  brain ; 
The  Lord  of  the  terrestrial, 

Now  shows  his  love  again ; 
In  evolutions  upward  climb 

He  took  the  lead  and  won ; 
Field  Marshal  now  of  all  Forces, 

With  title  of  God's  Son.' 


36  THE  WORD 

"Your  Saviour  in  the  Spirit  dwells, 

Our  Advocate  on  high, 
A  Counsel  in  the  heavens  rare, 

Naught  mortal  may  draw  nigh ; 
His  word  made  flesh  thru  some  great  saint, 

You  may  but  guess  his  name ; 
Christ's  victory  is  handed  down, 

As  tho  his  person  came.' 


"There  will  be  many  changes,  true, 

In  planet's  action  wrought; 
And  all  that's  disagreeable, 

Be  remedied,  by  thought ; 
The  elements  control,  Christ  will, 

And  bring  her  'spic  an'  span;' 
The  planet  is  designed  to  be 

Immortal,  with  its  Man.' 


"In  all  reforms  and  changes  yet, 

That  for  the  all  is  good, 
The  Spirit  of  the  Universe, 

By  each  brave  heart  has  stood ; 
St.  Paul  beheld  creations  groan, 

The  Spirit  intercede; 
My  friends,  don't  think  that  God  don't  care, 

The  Mother  heart  don't  bleed. 


"It  all  concerns  Her  children's  good, 

Who  war  and  curse  and  fight, 
When  if  they'd  be  obedient, 

All  wrongs  could  be  made  right ; 
To  work  in  harmony  with  God, 

Is  all  that  needs  to  be ; 
Well  praise  the  Lord  the  time  has  come, 

Glorious  truth  to  see.' 


EUREKA  37 


"The  planet  is  a  living  thing, 

With  vital  organs  cast ; 
And  circulating  currents  flow, 

Thru  heart  and  head  and  breast ; 
The  equilibrium  is  kept 

By  constant  throbbing  life; 
And  waters  to  their  fountains  flow 

As  milk,  to  the  young  wife.' 


"In  God's  great  plan,  the  places  meet, 

Are  used  in  his  design; 
The  All-Wise  does  no  bungling  work, 

But  line  on  line  to  line ; 
And  correspondence  here  is  found, 

To  seat  of  soul  in  man ; 
It  is  the  prophets  native  soil, 

The  cradle  of  the  Lamb.' 


"As  Palestine  is  Womb  of  earth, 

Christ-kingdom  held  the  rod ; 
Creative  power  truly  known 

Is  nearest  unto  God ; 
Jerusalem  and  Palestine, 

In  harmony  that's  pure, 
Bring  forth  the  chosen  race  of  God; 

Forever  to  endure.' 


' '  This  is  the  Generating  Age, 

Of  Science,  Truth  and  Love ; 
No  more  of  straw  the  brick  are  made, 

For  temple  from  above ; 
The  holy  land,  by  heathen  trod, 

Will  take  her  proper  place; 
Among  the  nations  she  will  rise, 

As  second  in  the  race.' 


38  THE  WORD 

' '  Command  to  go  and  multiply, 

Concerns  not  mortal  mirth; 
'Ye  must  be  born  again,'  was  Truth, 

If  'to  be  saved'  on  earth; 
'Of  water  and  of  Spirit'  born, 

Upon  another  shore. 
The  mind  of  men  not  then  could  grasp, 

'Second'  Period  lore.' 


"This  land  includes  the  Back-bone,  too, 

Alaska  to  Cape  Horn ; 
The  All-Wise  placed  the  granite  there, 

To  build  the  City  on ; 
Forlorn  the  task  to  tell  it  all, 

The  Plans  in  Heaven  drew, 
By  architects  beyond  our  ken. 

I  bid  you  friends.    Adieu." 


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CIRCUS  ANIMALS 

The  wolf  and  the  lamb  shall  feed  together,  and 
the  lion  shall  eat  straw  like  the  ox :  and  dust  shall  be 
the  serpent's  meat.  They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy 
in  all  my  holy  mountain,  saith  the  Lord.  Isaiah  65  :25. 

And  a  little  child  shall  lead  them.    Isaiah  11 :6. 

May  God  haste  the  day  when  divine  Love  in  man 
shall  liberate  the  poor  martyred  dumb-animals. 


41 

ZEPHYR 


Now  do  you  hear  my  music  ? 

Have  you  heard  me  dears? 
Eternal  Life  is  built  in  Jacob, 

Never  ending  years; 
Then  listen  and  be  merry, 

Quiet  all  your  fears, 
The  road  was  long  and  weary, 

Christ  hath  touched  the  biers. 

We  never  will  be  laden, 

All  the  coming  strife, 
The  path  is  strewn  with  flowers, 

Not  again  the  knife; 
Our  friends  are  now  beside  us, 

Golden  to  our  life; 
The  Temple  is  our  shelter, 

Christ  is  with  his  Wife. 

No  more  our  temples  shattered, 

Pilgrims  journey  ends, 
The  Lord  has  been  our  shelter, 

Heaven  its  Light  lends ; 
The  way  is  filled  with  greatness, 

Strength  to  us  He  sends, 
And  all  there  is  is  gladness, 

Christ  the  darkness  rends. 

We've  climbed  up  Jacob's  ladder, 

Many  ages  past ; 
We've  found  the  place  of  comfort, 

Love  the  shelter  cast; 
And  up  the  Mount  of  Olives ; 

Lebanon  at  last, 
With  cedars  for  the  Temple : 

Christ  before  the  mast. 


42  ZEPHYR 

Behold  the  Great  Armada! 

Swinging  to  the  breeze, 
The  Pilot  has  the  tiller, 

See  the  canvas  squeeze; 
There's  naught  can  stand  before  her, 

Satan's  on  his  knees, 
She  plows  the  mighty  ocean, 

All  with  Christ  agrees. 


The  pines  are  from  the  summit, 

Masts  from  them  can 't  break ; 
The  Admiral  aint  sea-sick, 

Ships  of  war  he'll  take. 
On  land,  as  on  the  ocean, 

River,  stream  and  lake, 
He  issues  supreme  orders, 

Order  Christ  will  make. 


Behold  His  love  triumphant ! 

Filling  every  heart, 
He  scourges  out  the  gamblers, 

Cleaning  out  the  mart; 
No  place  for  thieves  and  robbers, 

Killing  with  the  dart, 
For  life  to  Christ  is  precious, 

Yes,  in  doe  and  hart. 


With  all  the  loot  Christ  captures 

Makes  each  child  a  bed; 
There'll  be  no  silly  parents 

Making  blisters  red ; 
For  He  does  love  the  children : 

Blessings  on  their  head : 
And  when  its  always  Christmas 

Sees  each  one  are  fed. 


THE  WORD 


43 


"I  HAVE  SEEN  THE  SKIES  OBEY  HIM" 

In  this  picture  the  artist  has  not  quite  conveyed 
the  idea  desired.  In  one  of  our  visions,  in  1901.  two 
trees  held  the  cardinal  place.  Later,  in  the  early 
evening,  as  we  were  wondering  on  the  vision  sud- 
denly we  looked  up  and  there  behind  two  trees  were 
two  great  pyramids  of  snow-white  clouds.  They  were 
side  by  side,  one  exactly  behind  each  tree,  and  reach- 
ed from  the  earth  to  a  tremendous  height  in  the 
heavens.  They  were  perfect  triangles  and  there 
were  no  other  clouds  in  the  sky. 

The  meaning,  in  God's  language  of  symbols,  as 
later  taught  us  by  the  Spirit  is  this:  The  two  trees 
stood  for  the  two  great  principles,  male  and  female, 
without  which  there  is  no  life  manifest  on  the  earth. 
The  two  great  white  pyramids  were  Moses  and  St. 
John,  the  two  great  types  of  the  Bible.  One  was 
Law,  the  other  Love.  The  occurrence  was  absolutely 
literal  for  anyone  to  see.  This  is  one  of  many  kin- 
dred) phenomena  by  the  great  Spirit,  that  we  have 
seen,  hence  we  truthfully  say :  I  have  seen  the  skies 
obey  Him. 


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44 

CHRIST 


I  have  seen  the  skies  obey  Him, 

When  his  word  to  me  was  known, 
And  have  seen  the  winds  surrender, 

By  a  power  all  his  own. 
Then  I've  cried:  Oh  Master  help  me, 

For  such  power  who  does  tame ; 
Then  the  earth  obeyed  His  whisper ; 

What  the  Spirit  is  Thy  name  ? 

Then  I  feared  and  feared  most  greatly, 

Was  it  Lord  or  Demon,  dart, 
If  it  is  from  heaven  given 

Then  my  wounds  it  will  not  smart ; 
But  if  demon  has  the  power 

Then,  my  God,  no  use  to  try, 
We'll  all  perish  in  confusion, 

Break  my  neck  and  let  me  die. 

I  had  always  walked  most  humble, 

If  the  Devil  I  had  met, 
How  about  the  million  careless, 

They  were  surely  in  the  net ; 
Then  I  saw  the  Spirit  tender, 

To  the  lambs  his  heart  went  out; 
Then  I  knew  it  was  the  Shepherd ! 

Back  to  earth,  without  a  doubt. 

Of  these  things  I've  kept  all  secret, 

Till  more  fully  I  should  know, 
What  might  be  the  plan  of  Battle, 

Who  His  friends,  and  what  his  foe ; 
Then  he  opened  further  knowledge, 

Such  teachings  I'd  never  heard, 
Sounded  almost  like  blasphemy, 

But  it  proves  to  be  the  word. 


THE  WORD  45 


Many  things  I  thought  unholy, 

To  His  piercing  eye  was  gold; 
Universe  I  thought  combusted 

Was  God's  work,  to  me  he  told 
Not  a  thing  in  Nature  perished, 

But  the  faults  and  ignorance ; 
He  would  have  the  people  holy, 

In  the  waltz  and  in  the  dance. 


Not  a  thing  He  came  to  rob  of, 

But  to  add  in  every  way ; 
And  to  give  the  Life  immortal ; 

Born  of  Spirit  and  of  clay. 
Then  the  mystic  teaching  perished, 

Slowly,  from  my  mind  at  last, 
That  this  world  was  all  a  bubble, 

That  would  soon  be  over-past. 


But  the  joys  of  His  true  Kingdom, 

Set 'ling  on  the  earth  so  fair, 
Outshines  all  my  hope  of  pleasure, 

"Coming  in  the  clouds"  of  air. 
I,  Love,  see  the  Holy  City, 

Decked  in  jewels  dazzling  bright 
God 's  right-hand  upon  the  hour, 

Turns  the  darkness  into  Light. 


See  the  hearts  that  turn  toward  Him, 

As  the  plants  unto  the  light  ; 
And  the  magnet  draws  them  truly. 

From  the  dross  that  spurns  his  sight 
And  the  symbols,  awful,  mighty, 

Carnal   eyes  do  not  behold, 
Nor  the  dazzling  coming  City, 

Built  in  Love  that  is  pure  gold. 


46  CHRIST 

She^fas  "bride  adorned  for  —  husband" 

Coming  down  from  God  above : 
But  the  Christ,  of  all  things  fairest, 

He  alone  the  turtle  dove. 
When  the  veil  is  sudden  lifted 

See  Him,  King  of  all  the  earth. 
First  the  Judgement  and  the  fire, 

Do  not  wonder  at  the  dearth. 


"Widow's  mite"  in  kindness  given. 

Ne'er  His  glance  does  miss  the  sight 
Nor  the;  blind  bartimaeus  begging, 

For  the  Lord  to  bring  him  light : 
Not  His  promises  forgotten, 

Gleaning  wheat :  to  burn  the  tares, 
Even  him  who  helps  disciple, 

King  of  heaven  even  cares. 


We  see  darlings  in  his  kingdom, 

Tho  their  eyes  may  not  behold; 
"I  have  kept  them,  Thou  hast  given 

Speaks  the  Christ  today — of  old. 
Hypocrites  are  worse  than  any, 

Traitors  they  to  Jesus '  breast : 
But  the  gentle  loving  spirits, 

Theirs  is  peace  and  theirs  is  rest. 


Cast  them,  into  "outer  darkness"! 

Burn  their  idols  and  their  lair ! 
Leave  no  trace  of  their  dam'd  pillage! 

Blighting  earth  which  God  made  fair; 
Their  the  * '  weeping ' '  and  the  ' '  gnashing ' ' ! 

As  their  doom  is  read  on  high, 
Reckoned  are  they  with  the  cursed : 

Hypocrites,  prepare  to  die. 


THE  WORD  47 

Greater  joy  no  heart  can  dream  of, 

Than  to  see  His  kingdom  shine, 
Tn  the  hearts  and  lives  of  people ; 

In  the  symbols  of  the  time. 
Like  the  gentle  snow-flakes  set  ling, 

White  and  pure,  from  ether  blue ; 
Earth  and  heaven  linked  together 

Kingdom  comes,  Thy  kingdom  true. 


E'en  their  wardrobes,  and  their  dresses. 

And  the  boquet,  and  their  hair; 
Love 's  own  symbols :  are  caressing : 

Artists'  pencils  trace  so  fair. 
And  we  wonder  if  they  know  it, 

Tracing  out  designs  so  true, 
Models  that  spell  truths  of  heaven — 

In  the  color  and  the  hue. 


That  will  be  the  joy  of  future, 

"Holiness  unto  the  Lord" 
Then  "Will  be  upon  the  sleigh-bells" 

Saith  Isaiah,  man  of  God. 
Reproducing  truths  of  heaven, 

And  its  love  and  glory  too, 
Work'd  in  the  minutest  detail, 

Even  to  the  style  of  shoe. 


Hoping  this  may  do  at  present, 

As  the  message  from  the  King, 
Open  out  your  eyes  a  little 

To  the  cheer,  that  it  should  bring. 
No  man  ever  caught  the  music ! 

So  the  sacred  scriptures  say, 
Of  the  Glory  that  is  waiting 

In  God's  love,  for  them  that  pay. 


48 


THE  WORD 


Jerusalem  of  gold  to  be 

The  sons  of  men  will  build  witb  Thee.  (Pa.ire  10) 

All  roads  led  to  Koine  in  that  sword-ridden  time. 
Jerusalem  new  now  is  City  sublime.  'Va.ire  16) 

"And  1.  .John,  saw  the  holy  city,  the  new  .Jerusa- 
lem, coming  down  from  (Jod  out  of  heaven." 

"And  1  saw  a  new  heaven  and  a  new  earth  :  for  the 
first  heaven  and  the  first  earth  were  passed  away." 
— Revelations  of  St.  .John. 


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